A man has been arrested in connection after a lockdown was placed at Manchester High School West on Thursday morning.

A man has been arrested in connection after a lockdown was placed at Manchester High School West on Thursday morning.

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Updated: 6:23 PM EDT Sep 25, 2014

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WEBVTT LET'S BEGIN WITH WMUR'S HEATHER HAMEL. POLICE SAY NOT KNOW WAG THEY WERE DEAL WITH, THEY BROUGHT EVERY RESOURCE THEY HAD AVAILABLE TO THEM. AND ALTHOUGH THEY NOW SAY THERE'S NO INDICATION THAT DALIAN JOHNSON INTENDED ON HURTING ANYONE, THEY WOULDN'T DO IT ANY DIFFERENT. POLICE SAY THIS MAN CAUSED QUITE A DISTURBANCE THURSDAY MORNING. GETTING INTO A HIGH SCHOOL WITH WHAT LOOKS LIKE A GUN IN HIS WAISTBAND AND A KNIFE. IT WAS AROUND 8:00 A.M. WHEN A STUDENT TOLD A SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER. POLICE WERE CALLED IN AND MANCHESTER WEST PUT ON LOCKDOWN, ROADS WERE CLOSED DOWN, PARENTS E-MAILED AND SWAT TEAM MEMBERS GATHERED AROUND THE BUILDING. WE LOCATED A 21-YEAR-OLD WHO DID NOT BELONG IN THE SCHOOL, AND HE WAS FOUND IN A CLASSROOM. POLICE SAY DAMIAN JOHNSON MADE NO THREATS AND DIDN'T ACT VIOLENTLY WHEN POLICE TOOK HIM INTO CUSTODY. THEY SAY THE GUN WAS ACTUALLY A PELLET GUN. IT WAS FOUND IN A BAG ALONG WITH A KNIFE. AND AS FOR HOW JOHNSON GOT INTO THE SCHOOL, WE'RE TOLD THE FRONT DOOR WAS UNLOCKED FOR A SHORT TIME BEFORE THE BELL RINGS. THIS IS NOTHING IN OUR INVESTIGATION AT THIS TIME TO INDICATE HE HAD ANY INTENT TO DO ANYTHING WITH IT. BUT WE'RE STILL, AS I SAY, THE INVESTIGATION IS ONGOING. WE WANT TO KNOW WHAT HIS MOTIVATION WAS IN NUMBER ONE COMING TO SCHOOL, AND NUMBER TWO WHY DID HE HAVE THOSE ITEMS. EVERYONE HANDLED THE SITUATION APPROPRIATELY. EVERY PROCEDURE WAS FOLLOWED LIKE CLOCK WORK. WE HAVE LEARNED THAT DAMIAN JOHNSON DOES HAVE A RAP SHEET THAT DATES BACK TO 2011. HE'S BEEN FOUND GUILTY OF VARIOUS THINGS INCLUDING SIMPLE ASSAULT, STALKING AND ROBBERIES. AS FOR THIS INCIDENT HE IS FACING A FELONY CHARGE AS WELL AS MISDEMEANORS. AS WORD OF THE LOCKDOWN SPREAD, PARENTS BEGAN COMING TO THE SCHOOL TO FIGURE OUT EXACTLY WHAT WAS GOING ON. ANDY HERSHBERGER SPOKE WITH MANY OF THEM AND WITH STUDENTS AND CONTINUES OUR LIVE TEAM COVERAGE. THE PARENTS WHO SURROUNDED THE SCHOOL ALONG WITH THE POLICE OFFICERS WERE HUNGRY FOR INFORMATION. INSIDE THE SCHOOL MANY OF THEIR CHILDREN KEPT THEM UPDATED WITH TEXT MESSAGES AND THROUGH OTHER SOURCES OF SOCIAL MEDIA. MANY OF THE STUDENTS SAID THEY THOUGHT THE LOCKDOWN WAS JUST A DRILL, BUT THEY SOON REALIZED THIS WAS A REAL LIFE SITUATION AND NAY NEEDED TO CLOSELY FOLLOW THEIR PROCEDURES. SOME SAY THEY HID UNDER DESKS OR CROWDED INTO A SAFE CORNER, WHICH IS A CORNER OF THE ROOM THAT CAN'T BE SEEN FROM THE DOOR. WHEN THE LOCKDOWN WAS LIFTED, PARENTS COULD BREATHE AGAIN, THERE WERE TEARS OF JOY, AND RELIEF THAT EVERYONE WAS OKAY. I'M JUST HAPPY IT'S OVER AND JUST I'M REALLY KIND OF SHOOK END UP ABOUT IT. SO THIS IS LIKE THE FIRST TIME THAT SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAS EVER BEEN REAL, LIKE HAD BEEN A REAL LOCKDOWN. I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY AROUND ME WAS OKAY AND THAT EVERYBODY WAS STAYING CALM. I'M JUST HAPPY SHE'S HERE, I'M VERY GRATEFUL THAT SHE WASN'T HURT. AND I'M HOPING NOBODY WAS HURT. I'M GLAD THEY CAUGHT THE GUY. THE STUDENTS WE SPOKE TO TODAY WERE AMAZINGLY CALM, THEY KNEW JUST WHAT TO DO AND MADE A POINT OF MAKING SURE THAT EVERYONE AROUND THEM

Tense situation during lockdown at Manchester West High School

A man has been arrested in connection after a lockdown was placed at Manchester High School West on Thursday morning.